The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-05-24
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

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The mole is an engineer. and
lorms tunnel quite as well as il he
had been instructed by an engineer.
Report says that T. B. Aldrich has
\ dog trained to carry rolls of Ms. sent
IN by would-be contributors to the At
lantic Monthly and drop them into the
waste basket.
"A German cattle food, which had
large sale, was found to contain vegets-
5leivory turnings Lightweight parts and
common salt twelve parts in one hun
ared; value, nil.
American capitalists are said to be
investing heavily in Mexican mines.
which can be worked much cheaper
than mines in this country. owing to
the low price of labor.
"A Minnesota editor is said to have
gone South to recover his health.
This proves the wanton inconsistency
of some men. II he had lost his health
why didn't he advertise for it in his
paper?-N. Y. Graphic.
Should those who live in the city
buy more fruit and less candies and
nuts, their children would be healthier,
as eating nuts and sweees cause more
sickness in children than any thing
else. Try more fruits and note results
The Decorator and Furnisher says:
"The effect of an advertisement and
the returns it may bring can never be
toretold, as constant inquiries are
made concerning articles that have
been advertised and discontinued
months before"
Flour barrels made from paper
pulp have been tested and approved by
the chief inspector of the New York
Produce Exchange. They are light,
tight, seamless and strong. and the
pulp can be made from common marsh
weeds and grasses.
An electric motor for street car,
which is in the car itself, and not as an
independent engine, has been worked
out by Mr.. Jarman, IN Englishman.
1t is placed under the car between the
axles, and does not interfere with the
construction of the car.
Among the many curious and in
teresting works of the largest library
in the world, at Paris, is a Chinese
chart Of the heavens, made about 600
b. c. In this chart ], 400 stars are cor
rectly inserted, as corrobOrated by the
observations of modern astronomers.
According to the american Grocer
the total annual expenditure for tobacco
in the United States is 1886, 800, 900.
which represents a per capita tax OF
t3.44 per annum. Cigarettes cost
6,500.OO0 and chewing tobacco $50.
300, 900 year. The cost of tobacco is
more than double the loss by fires.
Paris has discovered a new poet.
Jehan Sarrazin by name, who is not 3
peasant like Rolline, has not been
pulled by Albert Wolff. does not know
Sarah Bernhardt, is not Partisan or n
man of the world. but is peddler of
olives i'm a concert hall. He sells his
books with his olives; is becoming
wealthy, has real talent in him and will
be famous, so they say Boston Globe.
Louis Blanding, of California, says
the generally accepted statement that
the largest nugget ever found in Cali
tornia was worth little more than
k2l, ZOO is erroneous. He says that j.
]. Finney, "Old Virginia" found a
piece of gold about six miles from
Downieville, Sierra County. on August
Fl, 1866, that weighed 5000 ounces.
The gold of that vicinity was worth s18
per ounce, which would make the value
If the nugget 100000.
Among the many desires that
sway the hearts and actuate the lives
of men there is none more universal
than the desire of good name. While
some are anxious for wealth and some
for fame, while some crave knowledge
and others affection, all unite i'm hop
ing that among their various posses
sions that of a good name may be promi-
nent. Ii this desire could utterly die
out of any mans breast we should
rightly conclude that he had sunk into
the most hopeless depths of degrade
tion.-N. 7. Ledger.
DIR. Sargent, of the Harvard GYM
naSium has examined Hanlan, the oars
man. and says that he has "a great
head and an excellent body all the way
Town to the legs" Judged by a
standard of perfection the oarsman's
legs and arms are too short Dr. Sar-
gent saws that this defect has made
Hanlan the oarsman he is; and that the
power from the shoulders, back and
.oins. together with the immense lever
age given by the short legs and arms.
IS what has made him almost the per-
lection in build for sculler.
"A most remarkable and interesting